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shish – :
I really like this, and I agree with the former reviewer. A complex wonderful tobacco cologne it is.
gans73_78 – :
One of the best tobacco infused scents I’ve ever had the pleasure to wear! Yep you heard me, tobacco! Spicy and sharp, unlike say Mugler’s Havane or Marly’s Herod pipe tobacco notes, Leonard’s is a raw cigarette tobacco.
Warm, complex and unique with amazing projection and longevity.
This is an 80’s classic and it still kicks ass!
Ball.Alona. – :
This is a smooth, soapy lavender and carnation concoction with musky/castoreum undertones. It’s very smooth, smells quite dated but is very pleasing.
Like I said, the prominent initial impression for me is ‘soapy’, and that’s the overall impression I get each time I catch it before I dig deeper.
Not brilliant for me – it’s clearly refined but the overall note choice is really safe and standard.
AMIDAN-LI – :
Another perfect vintage scent – masculine and sexy in a good old way, powerful and mysterious. Very complex but well balanced and smooth as a fine leather jacket. It can be turn-off for those who prefer safe scents. This one is not safe at all, it has a lot of character. I can almost bathe in it but do remember that it’s definitely not a proper choice for visiting theatre etc. Enjoy it with caution! But if you try you can become an addict.
Esticeseewedo – :
Just received a vintage bottle and what can I say about this. As I was reading in the “manual book” which was inside the box I saw that they had written “this original touch owes its fragrance to a blending of leather and tobacco, slightly scented with ambergris and Cyprus” but in the notes here on fragrantica they do not even mention tobacco, ambergris or cyprus as notes. The tobacco is definitely there and it is very loud. I couldn’t get anything masculine with this the first time I applied it on my arms but it was because I rubbed my arms. It was more like Dove soap but now it smells really masculine tobacco. I have Quorum by antonio puig which contains a load of tobacco but I like this one more.
Scent: 8/10
Longevity: 8/10
Projection: 7/10
sen.p – :
I blind baught this, as it was going cheap for such an old fragrance i thaught ahhh why not. I think my bottle must of been made mid 80s or early 90s because this stuff smelt like a 80s xmas log cabin gathering.ok now best way to describe that would be amagine sitting around a log fire wearing flairs and xmas jumpers drinking malt wiskey. Its actually a masterpeice in disguise, you just have to let it blend with the skin for an hour to relise how good this smells. If you get a bottle which i highly recommend. Use only in cold weather and yes there is no other fragrance that smells like this . 10/10 SUBLIME
komandos86 – :
Oh my god this is MAGNIFICENT. I just received a bottle of vintage Léonard pour Homme and have been wearing a moderate application for almost six hours now and I am seriously impressed. What a Masterpiece! The opening is fairly classics citrus ouverture that – like a danceuse doing the Can Can at the Moulin Rouge (I lived in Rue Blanche, just down the road as a student in Paris) raises her leg to reveal teasing glimpses of the petticoats beneath the skirt, so does this wondrous creation hint at the depths and sophistication that are to come, as the mid-notes announce their sensuous arrival with an enchanting aromatic and slightly floral fanfare before the conclusion of this symphony, somewhat animalic beauty which I presume comes from castoreum (although a far more pleasant rendition of castoreum than I have ever managed to create in any of my extremely amateur dabbling and experimentation) and this enhances the leather-ness of the whole, if that makes sense.l
Apologies, I bought this as a blind buy following the recommendation of someone whose taste I consider to be impeccable (in other words similar to my own) and I am enraptured with this beautiful, sublime chef d’œuvre from the House of Léonard.
If you love leather scents, go for the vintage version of this exquisite gem and you will not be disappointed. Already I have received two favourable comments from ladies.
olkas – :
I agree that there’s hint of VC&A…
When I first sprayed it on my skin, I picked up a deep masculine herbal/spicy aroma which gives way to a softer gentle warm vib of carnation. I can’t help it but I do pick a touch of rose as well!! The aroma of leather combined with cedar and oakmoss makes it so much more attractive.
To complete this STUNNING JEWEL of a fragrance is amber and patucchli which gives it that overall animalistic quality.
Longevity and Silage are both very high lasting well past 10hrs..
Final thoughts,
I only wish today’s fragrance’s are held to the same high quality of fragrance’s like Leonard Pour Homme, Orginal Gucci and Bel Ami from Hermès and many other’s. I was surprised to find this Gem in the same boutique that I always test different fragrance. I expected to see more reviews…my guess is that this juice is hard to find and it might be too old school. My honest opinion…you couldn’t get me to switch this amazing fragrance with any fragrance in the last 5-10years. This stuff is @#$!*& wicked…if you want to try something that stands apart of most frag’s this juice would be a definite. What’s there to rate…five gold ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
bunia07 – :
Opens with a dry, semi-sweet, light floral leather if you can follow that. Then dries down very floraly. Not for me.
ssmm – :
This is a dry and powdery aromatic floral. Definitely old school and very nearly unisex in it’s spicy and floral middle notes drying down to a light, leathery woodsy and smoky floral. Leonard is one of those retro houses that always intrigues me… Definitely suggest you try before you invest in an expensive vintage bottle.
Update: After trying a few more times, the dry, chypre, femininity is really striking to me, and coming to the forefront. Powdery iris, carnation and lavender really seems to take hold and own a lot of the composition. Longevity and sillage is really quite good… I’m trying to imagine this in 1980 when it was created, and can only think that Leonard was going after a mature old school chypre wearing market with this frag. Under *no* circumstances is this remotely a contemporary fragrance as we know it today. This is for chypre lovers, and collectors of curious and unique houses who’s better days have, unfortunately, passed them by… I remember being so entranced by Leonard at 13 or 15 in the 80’s with Balahe and Leonard (Femme) in the yellow and white packaging…The bottles, the juice were all divine and exuded a unique class.
Update2: I really kind of love this now. I actually wear a small dab to bed at night and find the herbal aromatic aspects soothing. To me, this really doesn’t scream leather: I would describe it in this order aromatic, floral, leather, fresh spicy, woody, balsamic… in short a magnificent old school juice!!!
spayki2011 – :
Yes, I’ve heard this is similar to VC&A PH, but I’ve only tried the formulation of that one in the brown leaf box with black background, and hated it (nasty musks and soapy lavender). Others claim VC&A PH is a great rosy masculine, which for all I know is true of the original formulation. If so, it may be that the same perfumer did both and emphasized carnation in this one rather than rose. In any case, this is one that every aficionado should at least sample. There is great depth here, and it smells natural yet almost otherworldly. One or two sprays and just wait a little while for the magic to begin! If you only like sport, fresh, or aquatic scents, stay far away from this one, unless you are ready for something very different.
UDPATE: I have now tried vintage VC&A PH and the main difference is that it has rose where the Leonard has carnation. I wouldn’t want to be without both of these, and two others that are somewhat similar are Ho Hang Club and Trussardi Uomo. In HHC one the rose is very obvious.